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More Like This ? Cysticercosis
Factoid 4175 - Created: 2002-09-17 21:28:24-04 - Modified: 2004-08-26 19:55:33-04
ACR Codes: 4.2083
When humans serve as the intermediate host of larvae of the pork tapeworm (Taenia solium), the larve (Cysticercus cellulosae) may appear in the viscera as well as muscular and subcutaneous tissues.

In cysticercosis, dead larvae incite a foreign body reaction in tissues which will ultimately necrose and may cause calcification. Radiographs will reveal linear or ovoid calcifications in the plane of the muscle.

Other entities which also commonly calcify in soft tissue include Loiasis (eye worm; widespread calcifications of variable size in subcutaneous tissues), guinea worm disease (Dracunculus medinensis; in extremities, calcifications that are coiled or extended), and sarcosporidiosis (Sarcocystis lindemanni; calcifications in extremities, with variable size, shape and orientation).
Reference(s):
Resnick, D. Diagnosis of Bone and Joint Disorders. 1988. W. B. Saunders
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